Snowdon cafe supports Snowdonia Society

Posted on 1 July 2015

Our latest Business Member Steffan at Pen-y-Ceunant Isaf tea house on the route up to Snowdon has been giving our volunteers a warm welcome after their Snowdon litter picks for years. Now we are thrilled that he is doing more to support our work by becoming a Business Member. Bring your own snacks! Pen-y-Ceunant Isaf is a […]

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Conwy Falls hydro threatens rare plants

Posted on 12 June 2015

Protected? Cymdeithas Eryri the Snowdonia Society has submitted its response to a planning application (NP4/26/323)  to develop a 5MW hydro-electric scheme at Conwy Falls and the Fairy Glen, near Betws y Coed in Snowdonia.  The development would involve construction of a weir above Conwy Falls, 1 km of rock tunnel, more than 1km of buried pipeline, […]

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Flora Locale training programme

Posted on 15 May 2015

This year the Flora Locale training programme features our Director, John Harold, who will be delivering courses in urban meadow management and Managing woodlands and gardens for wildlife and sustainability. Thee Flora Locale training programme Flora Locale training programme is created for people involved in the design management and restoration of landscapes for biodiversity, whether on a […]

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A bridge too far: Local Authority engineers fail to respect National Park

Posted on 15 May 2015

An old slate clapper bridge over Afon Goch above Llanberis was destroyed in a storm in November 2013. It is hard to imagine anything more out of place and proportion than its new replacement, from the long and wide concrete base to the ridiculously high sides set at an architecturally elegant angle. Overengineered and overspecified, […]

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Cwm Glas hydro – what is happening in Wales’ wildest landscape?

Posted on 15 May 2015

Conservation charity the Snowdonia Society says that Greenearth Hydro, the company behind the hydro scheme on the Afon Gennog in Nant Peris,  is breaching the terms of their planning permission and desecrating a pristine part of the National Park landscape. Snowdonia Society Director John Harold said: “What are the developers thinking of?  For over 6 […]

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Bryn Tyrch Inn support our work

Posted on 9 May 2015

We are pleased to announce our latest Business Member – Bryn Tyrch Inn in Capel Curig, an ideal place to eat and sleep in Snowdonia. A finalist for ‘Best Place to Eat’ in 2013 National Tourism Awards, they are proud to say “All of our hotel bedrooms are cosy and comfortable with contemporary en-suite bath or […]

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Mountaineers needed to find dotterel in Snowdonia

Posted on 9 May 2015

Do you spend time on the high summits of Snowdonia?  Can you help us to track down the dotterel, a beautiful and  special bird of high mountain places? The dotterel has a most unusual life story.  Female dotterels are more brightly coloured than males, and it is the females which do most of the courtship […]

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Archive volunteer needed: Can you help?

Posted on 6 September 2014

During a recent office tidy-up we unearthed this poster for the Snowdonia Society’s first Public Meeting. It is humbling to see that the vision behind that meeting on Saturday 10th June 1967 remains relevant today. With the Society’s 50th Birthday on the horizon, we would like to make available this  and other evidence of our long history of […]

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Looking for older news items?

Posted on 5 September 2014

    See the archive of news items from the old Snowdonia Society website.      

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